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---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Léa Lacroix <lea.lacr...@wikimedia.de> Date: Mon, Apr 3, 2017 at 1:26 AM Subject: Re: [Wikidata] Significant change: new data type for geoshapes To: wikidata-t...@lists.wikimedia.org, "Discussion list for the Wikidata project." <wikid...@lists.wikimedia.org>, pywiki...@lists.wikimedia.org Hello, Small change: due to the server switch <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/Server_switch_2017> and Easter holiday in Germany, the deployment is delayed to April 24th. Thanks for your patience. On 29 March 2017 at 13:34, Léa Lacroix <lea.lacr...@wikimedia.de> wrote: > Hello all, > > We’ve been working on a new data type that allows you to link to the > *geographical > shapes* that are now stored on Commons. This data type will be deployed > on Wikidata on *April 17th*. > > This data type refers to the geographical shapes that are enabled on > Wikimedia Commons since the beginning of this year. Here you can find > more information about this <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Maps>. > > The property creators will be able to create properties with this geoshape > data type by selecting “Geographical shape” in the data type list. > > When the property is created, you can use it in statements, and when > filling the value, if you start typing a string, you can choose the name of > a geoshape in the list of what exists on Commons. > > [image: Screenshot test geoshape in Wikidata.png] > <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Screenshot_test_geoshape_in_Wikidata.png> > > > One thing to note: We currently do not export statements that use this > datatype to RDF. They can therefore not be queried in the Wikidata Query > Service. The reason is that we are still waiting for geoshapes to get > stable URIs. This is handled in this ticket > <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T161527>. > > Before the deployment, you can test it on http://test.wikidata.org (see > for example the property “geotest” on Q22 > <https://test.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22>). > If you have any question, feel free to ask! > > Cheers, > > -- > Léa Lacroix > Project Manager Community Communication for Wikidata > > Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. > Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 > 10963 Berlin > www.wikimedia.de > > Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V. > > Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg > unter der Nummer 23855 Nz. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt > für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207. > -- Léa Lacroix Project Manager Community Communication for Wikidata Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 10963 Berlin www.wikimedia.de Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der Nummer 23855 Nz. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207. _______________________________________________ Wikidata mailing list wikid...@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata
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